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Family
Profile #1: The Sussman Family
Cindy
and John stopped participating in their continuing education
programs to care for their unplanned son Matthew and now
a second child Ariel. Cindy's feeling disenchanted with
motherhood because working full time is not what she had
envisioned and the couple is fighting more and more over
finances. Cindy's also concerned about the quality of care
Matthew and Ariel receive at the Daffy Duck day care center--a
center that is convenient for the one car family since it's
located within walking distance of their apartment.
Family
Profile#2: The Green Family
Dorothy
Green thought she was finishing with raising babies, but
now Brianna, her youngest, has lost custody of Jonathan
(age 3) and Kisha (10 months) due to neglect. While Brianna
is in drug rehabilitation Dorothy is taking care of Jonathan
and Kisha, but it's exhausting work. Especially now that
Dorothy's other daughter Lynette drops her two children
off at Dorothy's three days a week.
Family
Profile #3: The Lambert Family
Stacy
Lambert, 19 years old, lives in a not so safe neighborhood
but at least she has an apartment of her own for herself
and her three children Lucas (age 4), LaTeisha (age 2 1/2),
and John Ray (8 weeks). Before John Ray's birth she used
to walk the six blocks to Lucas's Head Start every day.
But now she's too tired in the morning from staying up late
with her friends and finds it easier to just keep all the
kids at home. She doesn't understand why her social worker
thinks it's such a big deal that Lucas attend Head Start.
Stacey thinks Lucas can just learn his ABCs from Sesame
Street like every other kid does.
Family
Profile #4: The Carter Family
Elaine
and Larry Carter hardly see each other anymore. Elaine stays
home during the day with William (age 3) and Elliott (age
2) while Alicia (age 6) is at school. Then Elaine does the
4pm to 12am shift at the kitchen appliance factory while
Larry takes care of the kids at night. For the first time
in years the Carters are finally able to start saving money
to buy a home of their own since Elaine's salary no longer
goes to pay for child care. But are the monetary savings
coming at a high cost to the health of the family?
Family
Profiles: Identifying Local
or State Resources and Barriers to Quality Child Care
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Form for students to use
with the family profiles in order to analyze child and family
needs, existing resources, barriers or gaps in the system,
and potential solutions.
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